Indian Ford, Florida
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Munson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32570. It stands on Snowden Creek. The Survey maps it on the Harold quadrangle.
Then and now
1934 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1934 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1934 USGS Harold quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1934 USGS Harold quadrangle1:48000
- 1937 USGS Harold quadrangle1:62500
- 1938 USGS Harold quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Harold quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Crestview quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Harold quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
338 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 338 fires within 5 miles of Indian Ford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,517 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 41 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 128 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 58 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Smoking | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | INDIAN FORD TRACTOR (57) |
| 3 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.4 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ROADSIDE FIRE - 1131 |
| 27 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Indian Ford: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Rosa Co. Road Dept. - Red Bug Mine | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Clay Prospect | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Indian Ford in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Indian Ford | $8,000 | A park ranger observed a weak tornado briefly touch down in the forest. Several trees and power lines were blown down. The tornado remained over the forest and dissipated shortly after touching down. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Indian Ford | - | A new EF-U tornado has been discovered via high resolution Planet satellite imagery from the May 10th tornado event. A radar tornado debris signature was present which necessitated the review of available satellite imagery to confirm the existence of this tornado. The tornado began north of Red Rock Road and just east of Will Sexton Road in forested areas. The tornado tracked east-southeast eventually crossing Red Rock Road at the intersection of Pleasant Home Church Road and Bryant Bridge Road. The tornado lifted shortly after this point. Once higher resolution imagery becomes available, the tornado intensity may be able to be assessed.||This survey was able to be completed with the assistance of NASA SPoRT, NASAMSFC, NASA CSDA and the NASA Disasters Program providing high resolution Planet satellite imagery. Without the availability of this remote sensing imagery, the true path length, width, and track of this tornado would not have been able to be determined. |
| January 2010 | Flash Flood | Indian Ford | - | Red Rock Road closed due to high water flowing over 3 bridges. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Hill | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Harold | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Roeville | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Floridale | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Point Baker | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Allentown | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Parkerville | 7.4 miles | 17 | |
| Milton | 8.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295373. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.









